MORE comforting telly from a bygone time as Dame Judi Dench and Geoffrey Palmer reunite for two new episodes of this gentle rom com.

ATGB ran for a staggering 67 episodes where not very much happened except the lead actors visibly aged in front of you.

And the formula for this two-parter hasn't changed a bit.

The jokes are as old as the hills, as are the comic situations. Tonight, Jean is desperate to be a grandmother leaving Lionel mystified. But it is the quality of the two leads which explains why it has run for so long.

Palmer, his face like a battered but well-loved slipper, deadpans and grumps while Dench shimmers and shines.